# سور
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא / ܫܘܪܐ (šūrā), but other cognates such as Sabaean 𐩣𐩬𐩪𐩥𐩧𐩩 (mns¹wrt, “walls”) and Tigre ሶር (sor, “partition wall”) (unless that form is itself borrowed from Arabic) suggest that it may in fact be inherited.

#### Noun

سُور • (sūr) m (plural أَسْوَار (ʔaswār) or سِيرَان (sīrān))
* wall that encloses and protects a building

##### References

* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 237
* Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 397
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

#### Verb

سَوَّرَ • (sawwara) II (non-past يُسَوِّرُ (yusawwiru), verbal noun تَسْوِير (taswīr))
* to enclose with a wall or fences

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

سُوَر • (suwar) f pl
* plural of سُورَة (sūra)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُور (sūr, “wall”), argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא (šūrā, “wall, fortification”).

#### Noun

سور • (sur) (definite accusative سوری (surı), plural اسوار (esvar) or سیران (sirân))
* wall, any structure built with stones, earth etc. built for defensive pruposes, surrounding a place
    Synonym: دیوار (duvar)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: sur

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sur2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4358
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sûr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1155
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 697
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Murus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1106
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2702
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1088

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian سور (sur, “nuptials”), from Old Persian *θūryas (“banquet, feast”).

#### Noun

سور • (sur)
* wedding, nuptials, the ceremony that marks the beginning of a marriage
    Synonyms: دوگون (düğün), عرس (ʼurs)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: sur

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sur3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4358
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sûr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1155
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 697
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nuptiæ”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1162
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2702
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1088

## Pashto
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sur/

### Adjective

سور • (sur)
* red

#### Declension
### See also

Colors in Pashto · رنګونه (ranguna) (layout · text) :
| سپين (spin) | خړ (xëṛ) | تور (tor) |
| سور (sur) | نارنجي (nâranji); نسواري (naswâri) | ژېړ (žeṛ) |
| | شين (šin) | |
| | | شين (shin) |
| چوڼيا (čuṇyâ); نيلي (nili) | کینخي (kinaxi) | ګلابي (gwëlâbi) |

## Persian
### Etymology

From Old Persian *θūryas (“banquet, feast”), from Proto-Iranian *cuHryás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćuHryás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (“to shine”), see also Sanskrit श्वस् (śvas, “tomorrow”). Related to Northern Kurdish sor (“red”).

### Noun

سور • (sur)
* nuptials
* banquet, feast, entertainment

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
* ↑ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (1861). India: Bishop's College Press, p. 341
* ↑ de Vaan, Michiel (2003) Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

## Punjabi
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /suːɾ/, [suːɾᵊ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːɾ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit सूअर (sūara), from Sanskrit सूकर (sūkara). Compare Urdu سؤر (sū'ar).

#### Noun

سُوْر • (sūr) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੂਰ)
* pig, swine
    Synonym: خَنْزِیر (xanzīr)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

سُوْر • (sūr)
* brave, valiant, intrepid
    Synonyms: بَہادَر (bahādar), دَلیر (daler)

##### Derived terms

* سُور بِیر (sūr bīr)

##### Related terms

* سُورما (sūrmā)

### Etymology 3

From Sanskrit सूर (sūra). Related to سُورَج (sūraj).

#### Noun

سُوْر • (sūr) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੂਰ)
* (informal, poetic, rare) Alternative form of سُورَج (sūraj, “the Sun”)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūkará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 780
* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سُور”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “ਸੂਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

## Southeast Pashayi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya).

### Pronunciation

IPA: [sʊr]

### Noun

سوُر (sor)
* sun

#### Further reading

* Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal, Adam Baker (2013) “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246
* Richard F. Strand (2011) Degânʹo Lexicon‎

## Ushojo
### Noun

سور (sōr)
* rider